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“Wudong sect annihilates Qingcheng; lone survivors Yan Heng and Jing Lie unite for revenge against martial tyranny.”
Blood and Steel
武道狂之詩
7.48
3,405 rank · 6,708 readers · 50 favorites
Seinen
Historical
Martial Arts
Action
Adventure
Drama
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Synopsis
Wudong sect annihilates Qingcheng; lone survivors Yan Heng and Jing Lie unite for revenge against martial tyranny.
The story begins with an eradication of Qingcheng by a group of martial art fanatic from Wudong, whose master and disciples only has one belief – to become the strongest. In order to maintain the supremacy, it takes over all the other martial arts group and kill those refuse to yield themselves to it. Yan Heng, a young swordman in Qingcheng, was saved by ‘Wudang Hunter' Jing Lie, who also lost his fellows because of Wudong. Being the only remnant of their groups, the two allied and start their journey of revenge. (Source: MU)
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Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
7.3
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 5
σ 1.70
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.70 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 0.67
Running avg · Feb 2012 → Oct 2016
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “I think this is a wonderful timepiece story. The characters are believable but some of their talents may be a little far fetched. As of right now it is my most anticipated manga. I love this genre...”
- 8 “Story - Not sure exactly where this is going but, so far, the plot has been moving at a quick but steady pace. From what I can tell it seems like a typical wuxia story. There is definitely a...”
- 5 “I tried really hard to Blood and Steel. This is my second attempt to do so. The first had me dropped it at chapter 26 and now I managed to get as far as 60 (and I had skipped two chapters) which...”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 67%
Long · 0%
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A Manhua Publication
- Published Apr 2011 – ongoing
- Source Manhua media type
- Ref. BS-M16546 catalog